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Francisco Martínez, in his lifetime, was one of the most popular painters in colonial Mexico. He also functioned as a gilder associated with Jerónimo de Balbás, the Spanish architect who brought the churriguesque style to Mexico.

A notary of the inquisition (or Holy Office) from at least 1718, Martínez used the post to generate commissions. His best-known works are the two scenes from the Life of Saint Lawrence, signed and dated 1736, now in the Mexico city cathedral, and a group o (showing 500 of 766 characters).

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